Covid-19: NICE issues guidance on vaccine induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis
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Patients who are acutely unwell with suspected vaccine induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) should be referred immediately to the emergency department, says new rapid guidance from National Institute for Health Care Excellence (NICE).1 However, a full blood count performed in primary care if patient is not same day results can obtained. If these tests show low platelet department on day. NICE that although VITT extremely rare, 14.2 cases per …
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0959-8138']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1914